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Text:A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
Translator:Ruth Fox Hume
Tune:[A child is born in Bethlehem]

6. A Child Is Born in Bethlehem

Text Information
First Line: A child is born in Bethlehem
Title: A Child Is Born in Bethlehem
Translator: Ruth Fox Hume (1964)
Refrain First Line: Our joyful hearts we raise
Language: English
Publication Date: 1964
Topic: Christmas
Source: Puer Natus in Bethlehem, 14th c.
Tune Information
Name: [A child is born in Bethlehem]
Key: f minor
Source: Gregorian Chant; Mode I



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